BassApprentice

For other retailers, this may not be worth it - but with Bass Bros. and Bass Direct being very close to each other you could try and very good range of basses in one fell swoop, should the one you're looking at not work out.

Going to throw my (biased) hat in the ring - MTD Kingston series. A bit below £2k, but if you want to spend your whole budget then you can spend it on the pickups. That would almost bring it inline with the US built stuff (apart from it not being hand built)

For me, it would the Silver Sky Strat shaped, PRS quality and I'm a John Mayer Fan Boi

I see your points @tauzero . I would understand if the headstock shape and peg placement were exact copies of the Music Man shape, but how can they have a cover all trademark for 3+1 no matter the shape, size or accompanying logos.

Bit of a reshape, but left looks very much like a render and right appears to be a real picture. Definitely looks a bit less odd in the right picture. I call shotgun on offers should you not like it @neepheid 😅

@telbomber is selling one, so surely has an opinion on them.

Stuck my head into GuitarGuitar for a nosy, not a bad selection of basses overall for once but I was amazed to see the Electra series are now £999. I know it's the same with everything but I remember full fat Sandberg's retailing at £1200ish. Mad.

Looking forward to it. I know the finishes on the CST have been... disappointing, but the pictures I've seen of the new LX finishes look sweet!

There is a 350+ page thread on all things Yamaha BBs...so yes, there's a bit of love there!

Fender derived stuff - obviously Sire gets a mention here, branching out slightly, G&L L2500 is the literal swiss army knife of basses. Can do all the sounds and tones. Slightly more modern - MTD Kingston, again will do everything you need, but the 5ers tend to be 35" if that is a deal breaker for you.

Ah, yes - that will do it.

I am yet to see one, so what is the issue with the finishes?

As I commented on the other threads on these basses - really solid release from Spector. Like the colours and especially like the the P J on the 5 string. Interesting choice regarded the difference between bolt on and thru beck for the LX series. Guess it adds more variety to the range

Oooooooh - very nice! Any idea of price point for these? (and the new Euro LX)

If anyone is in Glasgow or close by - I've heard a certain guitar shop in Merchant City already has these in stock, should you be very interested 😅

I know this is coming from a point of personal preference - but Squier are doing something different and I think their base range has improved under the increase pressure from exactly those models you've mentioned. And those mentioned don't look like a Jazz bass, which is what shifts models for Squier. And after all this, it could be absolutely rubbish and be discontinued after the first run 😅

I reckon if I was looking for a new 5 string, I'd be going for one of those or the Elrick 5. Seen them on sale a few times and the used values are even better!

Watching LCD Soundsystem and the bass player is getting some mighty tones from his Serek!

Nice work! Where did you source your gold scratchplates?

Bit of interesting story here that might interest the Grabber fans

In all honestly - it won't feel that different from your current bass. Especially those close backed tuners don't inspire much confidence. Not many modern basses use them as they tend to be cheap. Also managed to find the advert for that bass on Reverb and it's listed as having a rosewood board.....I'd avoid it. If you want a better P-Bass and are happy with spending £350, try and get a Squier Classic Vibe or go for Sire P5. Not sure where you're based, but I always recommend trying to go somewhere and try and few different things, might be surprised by what you like versus what you started learning on!

To each their own, but noodling unplugged leads me to bad habits. I'd also look at getting a NUX Mighty Plug and some headphones and keep that with the bass.

If you're in Glasgow, I can't recommend Stephen Devine enough. He used to work with Jimmy Moon and he's just a lovely man. I've never seen frets so shiny! PXL_20240605_144652024.mp4